Samaritan heralds coming of new clinic
Benny Westcott Samaritan Health Services hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Monday morning, Aug. 29 to cele-brate the start of…
Boys looking to turn things around on soccer field this season
Benny Westcott Sweet Home boys soccer players have been working during the offseason to improve from last season’s…
Talented returnees lead ‘inexperienced’ girls soccer team
Benny Westcott Sweet Home girls’ soccer will have a fresh look this season, after losing a number of…
Football team kicks off season with numbers, experience
Benny Westcott Are you ready for some football? With the 2022 season about to get underway, the Huskies…
District to use Orange Frog to boost goodwill
Benny Westcott Many people might associate the Sweet Home School District with green and gold, but lately another…
School district bus-driver numbers improve
Benny Westcott With September just around the corner, the Sweet Home School District is down one permanent bus…
Kelcey Young named city manager
Benny Westcott The Sweet Home City Council has named Kelcey Young as its new city manager, according to…
Wastewater treatment plant loses biological life in basin
Benny Westcott On Tuesday, Aug. 9, the Sweet Home wastewater treatment plant experienced an increase of approximately double…
Seven named to FAC board
Benny Westcott A seven-member advisory committee that will have oversight over an upcoming Managed Outreach and Community Resource…
Kelcey Young named new Sweet Home city manager
Benny Westcott By Benny Westcott Kelcey Young will be Sweet Home’s next city manager, Mayor Greg Mahler announced…
City manager hopefuls make public debut
Benny Westcott About two dozen people attended a Wednesday, Aug. 10, meet-and-greet with the two Sweet Home city…
Bid solicitations approved for Phase 1 of treatment plant
Benny Westcott The Sweet Home City Council voted unanimously Aug. 9 to allow staff to solicit bids for…
Ex-Husky Price finishes as all-time winningest Kansas baseball coach
Benny Westcott On May 22, Ritch Price retired after 20 years as the University of Kansas’ winningest baseball…
Superintendent outlines approach, plans for school board members
Benny Westcott At the Sweet Home School District’s Monday, Aug. 8 meeting at the District Office, Interim Supt.…
Logging for fish
Benny Westcott Many river goers see fallen trees as a nuisance. But for juvenile winter steelhead, toppled timber…
Training pays off for local young people in July 29 water rescue
Benny Westcott A broken-down boat on Foster Lake may have recently gotten in the way of recreation for…
City manager search down to 2 finalists
Benny Westcott After a series of executive session interviews, the Sweet Home City Council has selected two top…
Groundbreaking kicks off work on memory facility
Benny Westcott A July 27 groundbreaking ceremony launched the beginning of what will become a 48-bed memory-care facility…
Council: No to psilocybin businesses
Benny Westcott A City Council majority said “no” last week to psilocybin in Sweet Home, voting Tuesday, July…
Classes in session: School’s in for summer
Benny Westcott For the last four weeks, many K-9 students in the Sweet Home School District have been…
Ready for Jamboree weekend?
Benny Westcott After a concert-less 2020 and a smaller-than-typical turnout during a pandemic-plagued 2021, the 30th annual Oregon…
New faces: Dedicated to serving country, community
Benny Westcott A conversation with Garritt Bolkcom about priorities kept returning to a central concept: service. First, he…
City Council tables discussion of rules amendments
Benny Westcott A unanimous vote on July 12 tabled two proposed amendments to city council rules discussed by…
Sweet Home finance director to leave post
Benny Westcott Sweet Home Finance Director Brandon Neish will be leaving his office Friday, July 29. However, he’s…
New faces: A tradition in blue
Benny Westcott Twenty-nine-year-old Daniel Gerkman may be new to policing, but the blue runs in his family blood.…